Moveable and demountable wall panel system

Abstract

A moveable and demountable wall panel system including a plurality of panels each having opposite top and bottom distance channels, opposite left and right vertical posts, a panel covering, a ceiling rail, and an articulating floor channel. The distance channels and vertical posts are affixed to one another by connecting studs in order to form a rectangular support frame of the panel. The articulating floor channel is operatively connected to a bottom portion of the rectangular support frame by left and right glide assemblies mounted into receiving channels of the left and right vertical posts respectively. The articulating floor channel is used for operatively securing the rectangular support frame of the panel to a ground surface. Each vertical post has at least one receiving lip extending along a direction substantially parallel to the vertical axis of the panel.

What is claimed is:  
     
       1. A moveable and demountable wall panel system comprising a plurality of panels used for defining an office space, each panel having a vertical axis and a horizontal axis, each panel comprising: 
       opposite top and bottom distance channels, the distance channels extending along directions substantially parallel to the horizontal axis of the panel;  
       opposite left and right vertical posts, the vertical posts extending along directions substantially parallel to the vertical axis of the panel, the distance channels and vertical posts being affixed to one another by means of connecting studs for forming a rectangular support frame of the panel;  
       a panel covering removably mountable onto receiving means of the rectangular support frame;  
       a ceiling rail operatively connected to a top portion of the rectangular support frame, the ceiling rail being used for operatively securing the rectangular support frame of the panel to a ceiling surface; and  
       an articulating floor channel operatively connected to a bottom portion of the rectangular support frame by means of left and right glide assemblies mounted into receiving channels of the left and right vertical posts respectively, the articulating floor channel being used for operatively securing the rectangular support frame of the panel to a ground surface, the glide assemblies being further used for displacing the rectangular support frame with respect to the floor channel along a direction substantially parallel to the vertical axis of the panel;  
       each vertical post comprising at least one receiving lip extending along a direction substantially parallel to the vertical axis of the panel, each receiving lip being removably connectable to another receiving lip of a vertical post of a neighboring panel by means of a connector for selectively and removably connecting together plurality of panels in order to define said office space; the receiving means comprising receiving grooves disposed along the vertical posts in a direction substantially parallel to the vertical axis of the pane; and the panel covering comprising an outer panel shell and vertical stiffeners, the vertical stiffeners being securely affixed to lateral sides of the outer panel shell of the panel covering and being removably connectable onto the receiving grooves of the vertical posts for removably connecting the panel covering onto the rectangular support frame of the panel.  
     
     
       2. A moveable and demountable wall panel system according to  claim 1 , wherein the receiving means comprise a receiving groove disposed along the top distance channel in a direction substantially parallel to the horizontal axis of the panel and wherein the panel covering comprises an outer panel shell and a top stiffener, the top stiffener being securely affixed to a lateral side of the outer panel shell of the panel covering and being removably hookable onto the receiving groove of the top distance channel for removably hooking the panel covering onto the rectangular support frame of the panel. 
     
     
       3. A moveable and demountable wall panel system according to  claim 2 , wherein the vertical stiffeners each comprise a bracket and a flexible clip securely affixed onto one another, the brackets being further securely affixed to the lateral sides of the outer panel shell of the panel covering and the flexible clips being removably connectable into the receiving grooves of the vertical posts. 
     
     
       4. A moveable and demountable wall panel system according to  claim 1 , wherein the panel covering comprises an outer panel shell and intermediate stiffeners, the intermediate stiffeners being securely affixed transversely onto the outer panel shell of the panel covering in a direction substantially parallel to the horizontal axis of the panel. 
     
     
       5. A moveable and demountable wall panel system according to  claim 1 , wherein the connectors comprise fins. 
     
     
       6. A moveable and demountable wall panel system according to  claim 1 , wherein the connectors are provided with covering caps. 
     
     
       7. A moveable and demountable wall panel system according to  claim 1 , wherein the connectors comprise flexible skirts. 
     
     
       8. A moveable and demountable wall panel system according to  claim 1 , wherein the floor channel is securely affixed to the ground surface by means of fasteners, and wherein the ceiling rail is securely affixed to the ceiling surface by means of fasteners. 
     
     
       9. A moveable and demountable wall panel system according to  claim 1 , wherein each glide assembly comprises: 
       a substantially L-shaped glide, said glide having an abutment flange and an insert, the insert being removably insertable into a receiving channel of a corresponding vertical post; and  
       a glide bolt, said glide bolt being threadedly mounted into the abutment flange of the glide and having a pivot head articulately mounted to the floor channel by means of a rivet.  
     
     
       10. A moveable and demountable wall panel system according to  claim 9 , wherein the pivot head of the glide bolt is positioned inside a longitudinal groove of the floor channel, and wherein the rivet of the pivot head is constrained to slide along a transversal slot of the longitudinal groove of the floor channel. 
     
     
       11. A moveable and demountable wall panel system according to  claim 9 , wherein the insert of the glide comprises two tongues removably mountable into respective receiving channels of a corresponding vertical post. 
     
     
       12. A moveable and demountable wall panel system according to  claim 1 , wherein the wall panel system further comprises a base cover. 
     
     
       13. A moveable and demountable wall panel system according to  claim 12 , wherein the base cover comprises a base cover insert for mounting the base cover onto the floor channel of the panel. 
     
     
       14. A moveable and demountable wall pane system according to  claim 1 , wherein at least two connecting studs are respectively and securely affixed at opposite ends of each of the top and bottom distance channels. 
     
     
       15. A moveable and demountable wall panel system according to  claim 1 , wherein each distance channel and each vertical post comprise at least one interseptum, and wherein accessories of the panel system are removably mounted onto said intersepta. 
     
     
       16. A moveable and demountable wall panel system according to  claim 1 , wherein each panel is stackable onto another panel by means of stackable flyovers inserted and fastened into the receiving channels of the vertical posts of said stacked panels. 
     
     
       17. A moveable and demountable wall panel system according to  claim 16 , wherein the stackable flyovers comprise interference ribs. 
     
     
       18. A moveable and demountable wall panel system according to  claim 1 , wherein the vertical posts comprise punched marks extending longitudinally along said vertical posts, said punched marks being used for hooking accessories onto said vertical posts of the panel system. 
     
     
       19. A moveable and demountable wall panel system according to  claim 1 , wherein the system further comprises a door assembly.